Bangladesh and UK to strengthen collaboration on climate change and environmental conservation: Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser on Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, announced that Bangladesh and the UK will deepen collaboration on climate change and environmental conservation. She emphasized the need for capacity building, rainwater harvesting, and desalination initiatives, ensuring that these benefits reach the people. Rizwana Hasan called for the doubling of the $100 billion in climate financing to address the growing needs, stressing the importance of securing a better world for future generations.
On 19 August, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Sarah Cooke, met with Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the Bangladesh Secretariat to discuss these issues. Dr. Farhina Ahmed, Secretary of the Ministry also present in the occasion.
Syeda Rizwana Hasan reiterated that climate change...